New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will today hear PIL seeking measures to regulate radio cabs in the national capital, which were allegedly flouting existing norms and guidelines made by the government, days after a 27-year- old woman was raped by an Uber taxi driver.
The PIL filed by Damini Chawla, a lawyer in the Delhi high court, has sought action against all radio taxi companies which were flouting regulations.
The plea claimed that even though the Delhi government had created a 'Radio Taxi Scheme, 2006', which lays down the terms and conditions for licensing of taxi services, including character verification of the driver, the scheme was not being followed.
"Car rental companies only provide for platform/interface for booking cabs. Surprisingly, such companies neither own any car nor do they have drivers on their payroll. The said acts are blatant violation of the Radio Taxi Scheme, 2006," the PIL said.
According to the PIL, the 2006 scheme "puts a further responsibility on the employer/licensee to ensure that the drivers are totally safe, reliable and trustworthy. The employer is further made jointly and severally responsible for any offence or crime which has been committed by a person, including driver, using the said vehicle."
